$C^*$ -algebras of Toeplitz type associated with algebraic number fields
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Abstract
We associate with the ring $R$ of algebraic integers in a number field a C*-algebra ${\mathfrak T }[R]$ . It is an extension of the ring C*-algebra ${\mathfrak A }[R]$ studied previously by the first named author in collaboration with X. Li. In contrast to ${\mathfrak A }[R]$ , it is functorial under homomorphisms of rings. It can also be defined using the left regular representation of the $ax+b$ -semigroup $R\rtimes R^\times $ on $\ell ^2 (R\rtimes R^\times )$ . The algebra ${\mathfrak T }[R]$ carries a natural one-parameter automorphism group $(\sigma _t)_{t\in {\mathbb R }}$ . We determine its KMS-structure. The technical difficulties that we encounter are due to the presence of the class group in the case where $R$ is not a principal ideal domain. In that case, for a fixed large inverse temperature, the simplex of KMS-states splits over the class group. The “partition functions” are partial Dedekind $\zeta $ -functions. We prove a result characterizing the asymptotic behavior of quotients of such partial $\zeta $ -functions, which we then use to show uniqueness of the $\beta $ -KMS state for each inverse temperature $\beta \in (1,2]$ .
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- Introduction
- The Toeplitz algebra for the $ax+b$ -semigroup over $R$
- Functoriality of ${\mathfrak T }[R]$ for injective homomorphisms of rings
- The canonical commutative subalgebra
- An alternative description of $\mathrm Spec \,\bar{\mathcal D }$ and the dilation of $\mathfrak T [R]$ to a crossed product by $K\rtimes K^*$
- KMS-states for $\beta \le 2$
- KMS-states for $\beta > 2$
- Ground states
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